Here it is, Saturday, again, and we have another week’s worth of Fast Food sector announcements, launches and silliness… Notable among them, A new ‘Toasty’ from McDonald’s, a brace of new Frappuccinos from Starbucks and another Breakfast Cereal partnership for Burger King…Read More →
Two of Restaurant Brands International’s (RBI) headline restaurant chains are going to stop selling Chicken raised using antibiotics. They’re coming late to the party but the move is still a good thing, in a world where antibiotic-resistant diseases are on the rise and consumers are demanding ‘cleaner’ food…Read More →
Noted science presenter Neil deGrasse Tyson is fronting yet another documentary, this time exploring the controversy surrounding the safety of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The goal of the the project is to promote rational discussion and sound science, and dispel ‘fake news’ and ‘bad science’…Read More →
Remember when we related the frustration and anger that Canadian Tim Horton’s franchisees are experiencing over big changes at the head office? And that they were forming an association and had retained legal counsel to press their cause? Now, they’ve launched a class action suit…Read More →
If you’ve ever wondered why restaurants use such overly-descriptive, exaggerated language in their menus, wonder no more. A new study by a group of American researchers revealed that you can get more people to eat a less-desirable food simply by calling it something more desirable…Read More →
We thought we’d seen and heard all the special commercials by the Fast Food chains to mark Father’s Day day when a leading Wing slinger posted something very special on You-Tube this week. But that’s nothing compared to another Chicken purveyor’s impending ‘space shot’…Read More →
…But when I do, It’s usually because something interesting is happening that might impact my next Margarita. Today, I’m marking the passing of the torch from the original ‘World’s Most Interesting Man’ to a successor, and the segue by the original guy from Beer to the hard stuff…Read More →
Yes, it’s true. The inventor of the sometimes beloved, oft berated Hawaiian Pizza has passed away in London, Ontario, Canada. ‘Canada’, you say? Yup. And that’s where he invented the iconic pioneering ‘fusion’ dish over fifty years ago. But, as fate would have it, he was neither Italian nor Hawaiian!Read More →